A fun morning with Mum to the Truckee side of Donner Peak overlooking Donner Lake…
Through The Lens
Springtime Tallac
Paris had been telling me fables of an Alps-like summit along the west shore of Tahoe for a while… With spring conditions and still plenty […]
Day 72
California giveth, and California taketh away… After a phenomenal week of some of the best skiing conditions I’d ever experienced in Northern California during powder […]
Money Line and the Lake Run X 2
After we’d let the snow settle for a couple of cycles it was incredible day in the backcountry yesterday with all this fresh pow. We […]
Powder Week
The forecast had consistently been calling for an intense storm to hit us on President’s Day long weekend. Originally it was slated to start on […]
Fresh Snow!
Finally some fresh snow! And a quick midweek visit from Paul benson…
Sun Before the Storm
Great to see the girls again this weekend after three weeks apart! We had some beautiful blue skies for most of their three days at […]
Day 39
It was day 39 on skis for me today. I’ve managed to get out there every day since the season opened with the exception of […]
MLK Weekend Visitors
The girls paid us a visit for the MLK long weekend, great to have them up for a few days of hot laps on the […]
Castle Peak
A quick jaunt up Castle Peak with Paris this morning to finish the work week. Was beautiful up there, but the wind was incredibly bad […]
Rubicon Peak
Morning meetings and chores out the the way, Paris and I took advantage of the spring-ish weather to lap Rubicon Peak on the west shore […]
Tahoe Junior Freeride Series I and II
Part of Maxie’s season up in the mountains involves competing at a handful of International Freeskier and Snowboarder Association (IFSA) freeride comps across Northern California. […]
Lake Run
With all that fresh snow on the Sierras, Paris and I took advantage of a bit of a break in the weather to punch in […]
First Day of School
After a week-and-a-half of fun on the slopes with his team it was time for Wild Man to knuckle down today: back to school. It […]
New Year’s Week
Following some exceptional opening day skiing on Day One we were blessed with bluebird powder and cold temps on December 27, smiles all around. The […]
Day One
Last night the beep of the bluetooth speaker woke me up at about 10:00PM, which happens when the power cycles on and off. I opened […]
White Christmas at Powder Haus
Well, it didn’t exactly start out very white: when we arrived last week the storm that followed us into the mountains dumped more than four […]
Woodward Training in the Rain
With an incredible torrent of rain hitting us in the mountains – more than four inches are in the forecast for today alone (!) – […]
Healdsburg High School Junior Varsity Hoops
A few shots with my iPhone from the shot clock table…
Kirby Cove and Chinatown
The annual tradition of camping at Kirby Cove is something we look forward to every year. We started solo in 2018, were joined by the […]